Flowering \Flow"er*ing\, a. (Bot.)
   Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many
   names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood;
   flowering almond, etc.
   
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   {Flowering fern}, a genus of showy ferns ({Osmunda}), with
      conspicuous bivalvular sporangia. They usually grow in wet
      places.

   {Flowering plants}, plants which have stamens and pistils,
      and produce true seeds; phenogamous plants; --
      distinguished from {flowerless plants}.

   {Flowering rush}, a European rushlike plant ({Butomus  umbellatus}), with an umbel of rosy blossoms.
      
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Flower \Flow"er\ (flou"[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flowered}
   (flou"[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flowering}.] [From the noun.
   Cf. {Flourish}.]
   1. To blossom; to bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant; to
      produce flowers; as, this plant flowers in June.
      
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   2. To come into the finest or fairest condition.
      
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            Their lusty and flowering age.        --Robynson
                                                  (More's
                                                  Utopia).
      
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            When flowered my youthful spring.     --Spenser.
      
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   3. To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
      
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            That beer did flower a little.        --Bacon.
      
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   4. To come off as flowers by sublimation. [Obs.]
      
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            Observations which have flowered off. --Milton.
      
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Flowering \Flow"er*ing\, n.
   1. The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom;
      florification.
      
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   2. The act of adorning with flowers.
      
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